Weather Records on 6 February 1994

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1994. Highest significance: Cengcane (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 6 February 1994

On 6 February 1994, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 644 daily.
Cengcane (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 109.5 mm (4.3 in) on 6 February 1994.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

675 stations

675 station records on 6 February 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Besonderheid"Byzonderhd."	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ibeka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Piracaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mosteiro Itaporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.6 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aratuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta Grossa-Vila Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	197.0 cm (77.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zadar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Ester	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doornfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brakkies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Claussville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Santa Terezinha An/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Barra Bonita (Cesp)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pustunich	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 77.

Records on 6 February 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	77

Records on 6 February 1994 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 26, daily 644.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1994

Top 20 records on 6 February 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1994	Cengcane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1994	Hartbeesfontein (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1994	Besonderheid"Byzonderhd.", ZA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1994	Medina, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1994	Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr), ZA	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1994	Phuket Airport, TH	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1994	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Towner 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Tabankulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Ascencion (Smn), MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Palmer Estate, ZA	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Ibeka (Bos), ZA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Buxton (Bos), ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Uanda, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Piracaia, BR	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1994	Lead, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 675 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1803	2
1814	1
1827	1
1837	1
1841	2
1848	2
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1865	4
1866	3
1867	1
1869	3
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	2
1877	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	14
1896	5
1897	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	1
1904	37
1905	9
1906	10
1907	16
1908	18
1909	40
1910	10
1911	35
1912	22
1913	58
1914	23
1915	30
1916	25
1917	80
1918	59
1919	11
1920	154
1921	30
1922	67
1923	53
1924	192
1925	481
1926	183
1927	372
1928	421
1929	206
1930	145
1931	240
1932	214
1933	188
1934	212
1935	127
1936	767
1937	220
1938	1,004
1939	198
1940	481
1941	194
1942	422
1943	372
1944	554
1945	199
1946	489
1947	408
1948	458
1949	533
1950	877
1951	388
1952	276
1953	638
1954	415
1955	819
1956	483
1957	436
1958	237
1959	356
1960	537
1961	866
1962	375
1963	1,381
1964	478
1965	405
1966	716
1967	499
1968	231
1969	485
1970	320
1971	707
1972	304
1973	1,355
1974	596
1975	838
1976	1,101
1977	1,083
1978	1,482
1979	1,882
1980	737
1981	739
1982	2,171
1983	677
1984	1,425
1985	1,198
1986	1,123
1987	858
1988	1,517
1989	3,297
1990	1,294
1991	1,923
1992	608
1993	931
1994	675
1995	1,465
1996	1,618
1997	791
1998	759
1999	1,200
2000	545
2001	1,442
2002	1,291
2003	923
2004	2,182
2005	1,296
2006	768
2007	1,291
2008	2,583
2009	1,134
2010	1,379
2011	1,425
2012	1,103
2013	385
2014	1,587
2015	1,269
2016	456
2017	848
2018	586
2019	1,613
2020	1,163
2021	836
2022	516
2023	255
2024	904
2025	935
2026	987

Download the Data

Data for records on 1994-02-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	499
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1